Package.



T. B. RICE.

PACKAGE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 23. I918.

Patented July 30, 1918.

C m r J v m8 UNITED STATES rarnnronnron THOMAS B. manorPHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

PACKAGE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. RICE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPackages, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of the present inven tion is to provide anefficient and comparatively inexpensive package for cylindrical objectshaving fiat bases and more or less pointed ends, which shall beconstructed of inexpensive, and easily produced elements capable ofbeing kept in stock and of re-use.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription, and the invention will be claimed at the end hereof, butwill be first described in connection with the embodiment of it chosenfor illustration in the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and inwhich Figure 1, is a transverse sectional view of a package embodyingfeatures of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a sectional view drawn to a reduced scale and taken atright-angles to the section of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a perspective view illustrating details of construction, and

Fig. l, is a sectional view illustrating a modification.

In the drawings 1, is a six sided or generally rectangular box of whichone side 2, is detachable and may be regarded as the cover. There arestrips of which some 3, are substantially rectangular with two hollowedges 4 extending the full length thereof, and of which others 5, aresections (shown as half sections) of the first with one hollow edge iextending the full length thereof. 6, are grooves ranging crosswise ofthe strips 3 and 5, and in them are arranged crosspieces 7, which mayhave a hollow face 8.

For the sake of a further description of the invention a, arecylindrical objects having flat bases 1), and more or less pointed ends0. The objects a, are shown as bottles but bottles are selected merelyfor the sake of description as there are many similarly shaped objectsto the packing and transportation of which the package of the inventionSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented 1 130; 1918.

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verse grooves 6, in the strips. The parts that make up the package canbe rapidly and 'cheaply produced by existing machinery and without theemployment of skilled labor.

In assembling the package strips 3 and 5, extending between opposedwalls, usually the end walls, of the box are laid on the bottom of thebox and the cross-pieces 7, are arranged in the transverse grooves 6.Then articles a, are placed so as to be supported by the hollow edges 4and 4 of the strips and the face of the cross-pieces 7 A double row ofstrips is then placed on top of the articles, as shown in the drawings,and more articles are arranged upon them, and finally another row ofstrips is placed on top of the second row of the articles. When thecover 2, is applied to the box, the strips, while detached from the boxand easily removable for unpacking the articles, wedge the articlesbetween four sides of the box and so safely pack them. The articles arepacked endwise by the cross-pieces 7, and as shown by having their basesin abutment with the end walls of the box. Eight articles are shown aspacked in a box but the number is not important. The hollow edges of thestrips may be grooved, for example as shown at 9, Fig. l, if it isdesirable to reduce the surface of contact between the articles and thestrips, and the shape of the faces 8, may be changed to conform to theshape of the articles to be packed.

What I claim is:

1. A carrier comprising the combination of a rectangular box,transversely grooved strips detached from the box and extendinglengthwise between two of its opposed walls and of which some arerectangular with two hollow edges and of which others are sections ofthe first with one hollow edge, tending throughout the length thereof,and and cross-pieces arranged in said grooves, cross-pieces havinghollow faces, there being 10 substantially as described. groovedrelation between the cross-pieces 2. In a carrier the combination ofparallel and strips to permit the hollow edges and 5 strips of whichsome are rectangular with hollow faces to cooperate, substantially astwo hollow edges extending throughout the described. length thereof andof which others are sections of the first with one hollow edge ex-THOMAS B. RICE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patentl, Washington, D. 0.

